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Salary Crisis receiving and stabilization services offer the community a no-wrong-door access to mental health and substance use care. Our CRC will have 3 recliners where people in mental health crisis can stay for observation for up to 23 hours. The vision of the CRC is to change the way the community sees, treats, and supports those in a mental health crisis.
Position: Counselor I
Shift: Four 10-hour shifts
Salary Range: $26.01/hour - $33.63/hour. We use a bona fide factor system to determine starting wage (years of experience, education, credentials, and specialty skills that relate to the job requirements)
Benefits: CCMH provides a generous comprehensive benefits program to employees and family members, including qualified domestic partners.
- Generous Paid Time Off Package. (Full-time employees earn 22 days of vacation time and 9 days of sick time)
- Medical and Dental Coverage (begins 1st of the month following hire date)
- VSP Vision Coverage (begins 1st of the month following hire date)
- 403(B) Retirement Savings (Pre- and post-tax plans with up to 3% matching contribution)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) (Medical and dependent care options)
- Voluntary Long-Term Disability, and Group Paid Life Insurance
- Paid Bereavement and Jury Duty Leave
- Length of Service Award, Outstanding Employee of the Department Annual Award
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- Accidental & Critical Illness Coverage Insurance
- Student Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF), NHSC Loan Repayment Program
- Educational Assistance, Professional Development Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program’s (EAP)
- Bicycle Program
- Wellness Stipend
- Trauma Support Team – Monthly Loss Processing Group led by our Licensed Clinical Directors
Position Requirements requires a QMHA: a bachelor's degree in a behavioral science field from an accredited college or university or three years of full-time professional experience working in the mental health related field. Note: All QMHA positions in the state of Oregon will need to be filled by candidates who are officially QMHA certified or registered with MHACBO. For details, go directly to MHACBO (www.mhacbo.org)
Summary: The Counselor I function collaboratively as part of a 23-Hour Crisis Receiving Center (CRC). The CRC team in comprised of a multidisciplinary behavioral health team. This team addresses urgent behavioral health needs including but not limited to significant emotional dysregulation, disordered thought processes, substance use intoxication resulting in behavioral crisis and environmentally de-stabilizing events that require multi-disciplinary crisis intervention. As a Counselor I in the CRC, you will be responsible for utilizing triage skills, providing ongoing assessment, crisis intervention and clinical determination for level of care to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The Counselor I will provide compassionate, person-centered, trauma-informed care to individuals with the goal of stabilization at the least restrictive level of care and an emphasis on post crisis growth. An ideal candidate to fill this Counselor I position will work with community partners, stakeholders, and the multidisciplinary team within the Crisis Receiving Center to coordinate client care and safety. The successful candidate will have experience in working with individuals with psychiatric diagnoses or symptoms, as well as knowledge in assessing and triaging, medication administration and crisis management skills.
Working Conditions:
- Must have the ability to assist the team in providing safety to all clients and staff in potentially volatile situations.
- Occasionally stooping, lifting (20-50 lbs), climbing (stairs), crouching, reading, and running
- Regularly sitting, walking, standing, and keyboarding
- Constant standing, visual and auditory
CCMH is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. CCMH does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran/reserve/national guard, disability, or any other similarly protected status.
CCMH is Drugfree workplace.
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